| ACQUISITIVE | • acquisitive adj. (Obsolete) Acquired. • acquisitive adj. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring. • acquisitive adj. Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information. |
| DIMINUTIVES | • diminutives n. Plural of diminutive. • DIMINUTIVE n. a diminutive word, affix, or name. |
| DISILLUSIVE | • disillusive adj. Freeing from illusion. • DISILLUSIVE adj. tending to disillusion. |
| DISQUIETIVE | • disquietive adj. Tending to disquiet. • DISQUIETIVE adj. causing disquiet. |
| INCURVITIES | • incurvities n. Plural of incurvity. • INCURVITY n. a state of being bent or curved. |
| INQUISITIVE | • inquisitive adj. Eager to acquire knowledge. • inquisitive adj. Too curious; overly interested; nosy. • INQUISITIVE adj. given to examination or investigation. |
| INSINUATIVE | • insinuative adj. Tending to insinuate; insinuating. • INSINUATIVE adj. serving to insinuate. |
| INSTITUTIVE | • institutive adj. Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish. • institutive adj. Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order. • INSTITUTIVE adj. able or tending to establish. |
| MIMIVIRUSES | • mimiviruses n. Plural of mimivirus. • MIMIVIRUS n. a genus of virus, one of the largest and most complex known. |
| SUBDIVISIVE | • subdivisive adj. Relating to subdivision. • SUBDIVISIVE adj. relating to a subdivision. |
| TRIUMVIRIES | • TRIUMVIRY n. (obsolete) a triumvirate. |
| UNCIVILISED | • uncivilised adj. Alternative spelling of uncivilized. • UNCIVILISED adj. not civilised, also UNCIVILIZED. |
| VICISSITUDE | • vicissitude n. Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation;… • vicissitude n. (Often in the plural) A change, especially in one’s life or fortunes. • VICISSITUDE n. a change of circumstances affecting one's life. |
| VISUALITIES | • visualities n. Plural of visuality. • VISUALITY n. (Carlyle) the state of being visible to the mind. |